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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1568186
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Book Information:

Author: Ethan Akin
Title: The general topology of dynamical systems
Additional book information: Graduate Studies in Mathematics, vol. 1, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1993, x + 261 pp., US$50.00. ISBN 0-8218-3800-8.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Joseph Auslander
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1995), 365-370
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1995-00605-1